The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:14 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.46° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.11° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.